⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 9:35 · SA 12-8 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 1:21 · SA 34-23 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 5:53 · SA 53-38 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
